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<blockquote data-quote="john1952" data-source="post: 1884311" data-attributes="member: 749056"><p style="text-align: center"> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Anyone have Princeton advancing? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td>Happy Monday, everyone! What a fun weekend full of college basketball (unless you're a <strong>Purdue</strong> fan, or a <strong>Kansas</strong> fan, or a <strong>Duke</strong> fan, or a... OK, I'll stop)</td></tr><tr><td>Let's get right to it.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Good morning to everyone but especially to...</strong></td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/c_Q1AvNCLItnCIrY7ASj-9KAP6zZzty_seLo8zKxkjD4nukHZLkt7ligfcJGz-9op6Y_KL1fyC2rgHRiJAu-_6teaQgv2mS00YpaeyqXCu0Y_s0hUTF2oTkyX31Wg8kIsqrv_CVuz8PMp6lJYkUUL_h_1T4PyYGkeFs=s0-d-e1-ft#https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/2023/03/20/716935b2-342c-41c5-b5eb-fce56b773f89/princeton-usatsi.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></td></tr><tr><td><strong>THE PRINCETON TIGERS...</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Many Cinderellas made their presence known at this Big Dance.</td></tr><tr><td>Only one is staying for a Sweet 16 song: The<strong> 15-seed Princeton Tigers</strong> followed up their shocking <a href="https://click.email.cbssports.com/u/?qs=bdad70f31fae227b0fdb9559da053ce96549be7145dec1d490754b90aef260c15f418b40be3c42bd48ea7ca4deedd14f55aad74228830d35" target="_blank">59-55 win</a> over <strong>2-seed Arizona</strong> with a <a href="https://click.email.cbssports.com/u/?qs=bdad70f31fae227b4456a9f0e8bed9790b10c4b98d61c2549da3a3feeeb28ebe714f475505dd0caf436bc67b3ce0b56e54c7b9d5bb8620d5" target="_blank">78-63 thumping</a> of<strong> 7-seed Missouri</strong>.</td></tr><tr><td> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It's Princeton's first Sweet 16 ever (the Sweet 16 started in 1975) and first Regional Semifinal since 1967.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Princeton is the fourth Ivy League team to make the Sweet 16.</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Princeton is the fourth 15 seed to make the Sweet 16...</strong> but the third in the last three Tournaments (2021 <strong>Oral Roberts</strong>, 2022 <strong>Saint Peter's</strong>).</li> </ul> </td></tr><tr><td>Princeton's win over Missouri was just the second NCAA Tournament win by an Ivy League team against an SEC team. The other one was all the way back in 1942, when <strong>Dartmouth</strong> beat <strong>Kentucky</strong>.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>... AND ALSO A GOOD MORNING TO THE NEW FRONTRUNNERS</strong></td></tr><tr><td>If your bracket is busted, that's understandable. With<strong> 1 seed Purdue</strong> <a href="https://click.email.cbssports.com/u/?qs=bdad70f31fae227b675e142fd10ab318ff248777d0d33a1b5a93a8a1eebdbb2bfdd1e87d1feafd9eda89c2e9514b31734127e779af1a6539" target="_blank">losing to</a><strong> 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson</strong> -- <a href="https://click.email.cbssports.com/u/?qs=bdad70f31fae227b403c99fb084b94d7cccc9c5dfc9a3a643605c03399d545a4c1c0aa2e68a334132cdd248f0f4b8bf8c52aaa994bd751a8" target="_blank">the new biggest upset in NCAA Tournament history</a> -- and<strong> 1 seed Kansas</strong> <a href="https://click.email.cbssports.com/u/?qs=bdad70f31fae227b703834fa5fe4f7dc31862a9ed7c2c415ad5b19743ec319eec752541369351e7cc00410a9e2eb5fc55d23a12fa0112832" target="_blank">falling to </a><strong> 8 seed Arkansas</strong>, this is <strong>just the fifth time only two 1 seeds are in the Sweet 16.</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Naturally, that makes the 1 seeds remaining --<strong> Alabama</strong> and<strong> Houston</strong> -- the favorites. Check out the rest of the top five favorites to win it all from Caesars Sportsbook:</td></tr><tr><td> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Alabama: +360</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Houston: +375</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">UCLA: +700</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Texas: +1000</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">UConn: +1000</li> </ul> </td></tr><tr><td>That last team, though, was <a href="https://click.email.cbssports.com/u/?qs=bdad70f31fae227b05955ca75e59fa5aa1c994fdd9ef9442d6469c5769a4947585d7d5eda0cab1bffb9fb2b168565fe3680419da67fc5bc8" target="_blank">one of Sunday's biggest winners</a>, writes our Kyle Boone. Furthermore, our Matt Norlander was in Albany to watch UConn dominate, and he says <a href="https://click.email.cbssports.com/u/?qs=bdad70f31fae227b38ed87e9d346451142e135098f78a298cf300c6a99fec366c2bafbdcb933aba2f310dfa04ef0a9b13913997ef4d90b49" target="_blank">the Huskies are back among college basketball's elite</a>.</td></tr><tr><td> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Norlander:</strong> <em>"Connecticut has a little bit of everything. Watching the Huskies up close this season, there's a lot on this roster that flashes visions of some of Jim Calhoun's more intimidating Connecticut teams from yesteryear. ... UConn's just better, the whole way up and down. In the past three days, it's reminded a tournament-obsessed nation why, at their best, these Huskies can play with — and beat — anyone in this bracket."</em></li> </ul> </td></tr></table> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="john1952, post: 1884311, member: 749056"] [CENTER][TABLE] [TR] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD]Anyone have Princeton advancing? :)[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Happy Monday, everyone! What a fun weekend full of college basketball (unless you're a [B]Purdue[/B] fan, or a [B]Kansas[/B] fan, or a [B]Duke[/B] fan, or a... OK, I'll stop)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Let's get right to it.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B]Good morning to everyone but especially to...[/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][IMG]https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/c_Q1AvNCLItnCIrY7ASj-9KAP6zZzty_seLo8zKxkjD4nukHZLkt7ligfcJGz-9op6Y_KL1fyC2rgHRiJAu-_6teaQgv2mS00YpaeyqXCu0Y_s0hUTF2oTkyX31Wg8kIsqrv_CVuz8PMp6lJYkUUL_h_1T4PyYGkeFs=s0-d-e1-ft#https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/2023/03/20/716935b2-342c-41c5-b5eb-fce56b773f89/princeton-usatsi.jpg[/IMG][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B]THE PRINCETON TIGERS...[/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Many Cinderellas made their presence known at this Big Dance.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Only one is staying for a Sweet 16 song: The[B] 15-seed Princeton Tigers[/B] followed up their shocking [URL='https://click.email.cbssports.com/u/?qs=bdad70f31fae227b0fdb9559da053ce96549be7145dec1d490754b90aef260c15f418b40be3c42bd48ea7ca4deedd14f55aad74228830d35']59-55 win[/URL] over [B]2-seed Arizona[/B] with a [URL='https://click.email.cbssports.com/u/?qs=bdad70f31fae227b4456a9f0e8bed9790b10c4b98d61c2549da3a3feeeb28ebe714f475505dd0caf436bc67b3ce0b56e54c7b9d5bb8620d5']78-63 thumping[/URL] of[B] 7-seed Missouri[/B].[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][LIST] [*]It's Princeton's first Sweet 16 ever (the Sweet 16 started in 1975) and first Regional Semifinal since 1967. [*][B]Princeton is the fourth Ivy League team to make the Sweet 16.[/B] [*][B]Princeton is the fourth 15 seed to make the Sweet 16...[/B] but the third in the last three Tournaments (2021 [B]Oral Roberts[/B], 2022 [B]Saint Peter's[/B]). [/LIST][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Princeton's win over Missouri was just the second NCAA Tournament win by an Ivy League team against an SEC team. The other one was all the way back in 1942, when [B]Dartmouth[/B] beat [B]Kentucky[/B].[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B]... AND ALSO A GOOD MORNING TO THE NEW FRONTRUNNERS[/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]If your bracket is busted, that's understandable. With[B] 1 seed Purdue[/B] [URL='https://click.email.cbssports.com/u/?qs=bdad70f31fae227b675e142fd10ab318ff248777d0d33a1b5a93a8a1eebdbb2bfdd1e87d1feafd9eda89c2e9514b31734127e779af1a6539']losing to[/URL][B] 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson[/B] -- [URL='https://click.email.cbssports.com/u/?qs=bdad70f31fae227b403c99fb084b94d7cccc9c5dfc9a3a643605c03399d545a4c1c0aa2e68a334132cdd248f0f4b8bf8c52aaa994bd751a8']the new biggest upset in NCAA Tournament history[/URL] -- and[B] 1 seed Kansas[/B] [URL='https://click.email.cbssports.com/u/?qs=bdad70f31fae227b703834fa5fe4f7dc31862a9ed7c2c415ad5b19743ec319eec752541369351e7cc00410a9e2eb5fc55d23a12fa0112832']falling to [/URL][B] 8 seed Arkansas[/B], this is [B]just the fifth time only two 1 seeds are in the Sweet 16.[/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Naturally, that makes the 1 seeds remaining --[B] Alabama[/B] and[B] Houston[/B] -- the favorites. Check out the rest of the top five favorites to win it all from Caesars Sportsbook:[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][LIST] [*]Alabama: +360 [*]Houston: +375 [*]UCLA: +700 [*]Texas: +1000 [*]UConn: +1000 [/LIST][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]That last team, though, was [URL='https://click.email.cbssports.com/u/?qs=bdad70f31fae227b05955ca75e59fa5aa1c994fdd9ef9442d6469c5769a4947585d7d5eda0cab1bffb9fb2b168565fe3680419da67fc5bc8']one of Sunday's biggest winners[/URL], writes our Kyle Boone. Furthermore, our Matt Norlander was in Albany to watch UConn dominate, and he says [URL='https://click.email.cbssports.com/u/?qs=bdad70f31fae227b38ed87e9d346451142e135098f78a298cf300c6a99fec366c2bafbdcb933aba2f310dfa04ef0a9b13913997ef4d90b49']the Huskies are back among college basketball's elite[/URL].[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][LIST] [*][B]Norlander:[/B] [I]"Connecticut has a little bit of everything. Watching the Huskies up close this season, there's a lot on this roster that flashes visions of some of Jim Calhoun's more intimidating Connecticut teams from yesteryear. ... UConn's just better, the whole way up and down. In the past three days, it's reminded a tournament-obsessed nation why, at their best, these Huskies can play with — and beat — anyone in this bracket."[/I] [/LIST][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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